Issues in religious education /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
Language:English
Series:Issues in subject teaching series
Issues in subject teaching.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12011347
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Other authors / contributors:Broadbent, Lynne, 1949-
Brown, Alan, 1944-
ISBN:0203018656
9780203018651
9781134504602
1134504608
0415262526
0415262534
1280282207
9781280282201
9786610282203
661028220X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-227) and index.
English.
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Summary:This book is designed to give students and newly qualified teachers a contextual and theoretical background to this subject, by exploring and challenging assumptions about the place of religion in education. The book is divided into the following sections:section one sets out the context for religious education in the curriculum. It looks at political, social and religious influences on legislation, particularly in faith schools, and raises questions about assessmentsection two focuses on Religious Education in the classroom, exploring our understanding of religion a.
Other form:Print version: Issues in religious education. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The Nature of Religious Education Within the School Curriculum
  • 1. The Statutory Requirement for Religious Education 1988 - 2000: Religious, Political and Social Influences
  • 2. A Rationale for Religious Education
  • 3. Religious Education in Church Schools
  • 4. Commitment and Indoctrination: A Dilemma for RE?
  • 5. Assessing Achievement in Religious Education from Early Years to A-Level
  • 6. Inspecting Religious Education: Can Inspections Improve Religious Education?
  • 7. Religious Education in the European Context
  • Part 2. Religious Education in the Classroom Development Through Religious Education?
  • 9. Ethnography and Religious Education
  • 10. Not 'Either - Or', More a Case of 'Both - And': Towards an Inclusive Gender Strategy for Religious Education
  • 11. Education for All: Religious Education and Pupils with Special Needs: A Dialogue
  • 12. The Birth of a New Religious Studies at Post-16
  • Part 3. Religious Education and the Wider Curriculum
  • 13. The Contribution of Religious Education to Whole School Initiatives
  • 14. Is Religious Education and Ethical and Moral Debate a Contradiction?
  • 15. Embodying the Spirit - Realising RE's Potential in the Spiritual Dimension of the Curriculum
  • 16. Religious Education and Collective Worship: Bedfellows or Just Good Friends?
  • 17. World Religions: The Boundaries of Belief and Unbelief